Rail-fastening device.



G. RIELLY.

- RAIL FASTENING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED SBPT.17, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914.

COLUMBIA PMNOGRAPH C0,. WASHINGTON. n. c.

GEORGE RIELLY, OF SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA.

RAIL-FASTENIN G DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 17, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914:.

Serial No. 790,244.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE RIELLY, a citi zen of the United States of America, residing in Santa Rosa, county of Sonoma, State of California, have invented a certain new. and useful Improvement in Rail-Fastening Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of device which is designed to secure a railroad rail to a tie formed of concrete or other hard and stone like material. Devices of this character with which I am familiar rely either upon the holding power of a thread or depend upon driving a plate in between the fastening device and the sides of the hole, the loosening of this plate, however, results in the loosening of the device, whereas my invention has for its object, to provide a device in which the body of the tie itself will resist the loosening of the fastening device rather than holding by means of a spike or thread.

My means of accomplishing the foregoing object may be more readily understood by having reference to the accompanying drawings which are hereunto annexed and are a part of the specification in which Figure 1 is a fragmentary View of a tie showing my improved fastening device for securing a rail thereto. Figs. 2, 3 and 4: are enlarged detail views of the fastening dev1ce.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the entire description.

As shown in the drawings, the tie 1 is provided with suitable recesses 2 adjacent the rail 3. These recesses are provided with upwardly tapering end walls 1 and 5. Within these recesses is located my improved fastening device which comprises preferably three sections, two of which, 6 and 7 are provided with straight sides 8 and tapering sides 9 and 10, the third section 11 is provided with parallel sides which are adapted to engage the tapering wall 9 of the section 7 and the end wall 4 of the socket 2, the section 7 is provided with an upwardly extending neck or stem 12, and is provided with threads designed to be engaged by internal threads cut in a nut 13 which is mounted thereon. The upper end of the section 7 is provided with an outwardly extending lug 14 which is designed to engage the lower or base flange of the rail 3, while the tapering wall 10 of the section 6 is adapted to engage the tapering end wall 5 of the recess 2.

In using my device the section 6 is inserted in the socket 2 and the section 7 is then placed within the socket. It will be observed that this section is not as long as either of the sections 11 or 6, so that it can fect of holding the section 11 in position so that it cannot loosen, and thereby loosen the rail 3. It will be apparent to a person skilled in the art, that the strain on the section 6 is also resisted by the body of the tie, rather than by the threads on the shank 12 as the outwardly flaring section engages the upwardly tapering end walls of the socket 2.

Having described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination in a rail fastening with a composite tie having holes formed therein, said holes having tapering end walls, of a fastening device comprising a plurality of members, one of which has a straight side and a tapering side, and a rail engaging projection at its smaller end, another member having a tapering and a straight side and securing means attached to its outer end, and means to Wedge said members in said holes.

2. The combination in a rail fastening of a tie having sockets therein with parallel tapering end walls of a plate with parallel sides for engaging one of the end walls of the socket, two sections, one of which has a straight side and a tapering side and a rail engaging the projection at its smaller end,

another section having a tapering and a straight side, means carried by said last named section whereby said sections may be caused to wedge tightly against each other and the tapered walls of the socket.

3. The combination in a rail fastening of a tie having holes formed therein, said holes having tapering end walls of a fastening device comprising a plurality of sections, one of which has parallel sides, the others being formed with one straight and one tapering. In testimony whereof, I affix my signature side, mgans eiarried by onlel of) thefilatter sfecin the presence of two witnesses. tions a a te to engage t e ase ange o a rail, tightening means carried by the other GEORGE RIELIJY' 5 section, means to adjust the relative posi-. Witnesses:

tion of said sections in relation to each other LOTTIE E. BARKLEY, and the tapered end Walls of the holes. FRANK S. APPLEMAN.

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